Arabic edit

Root
ء ن س (ʔ-n-s)

Etymology edit

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb أَنُسَ (ʔanusa).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

أَنِيس (ʔanīs) (feminine أَنِيسَة (ʔanīsa))

  1. close, intimate; close friend; friendly, kind, affable, civil, polite, courteous

Declension edit

Proper noun edit

أَنِيس (ʔanīsm

  1. a male given name Anis

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “أنيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz